Новости за 18.07.2021

Following heavy downpour in the twin cities, Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) is gearing up to handle flood-like situation and has put emergency teams on alert round the clock in all 12 zonal offices.

Timely intervention from Shobha Karandlaje, Union minister of state for agriculture and farmers’ welfare, helped a Mangalurean woman travel from Kuwait to Mangaluru without subjecting her six-month-old child to a Covid-19 test on Saturday.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national spokesperson and Punjab affairs co-incharge Raghav Chadha on Sunday said that after 10 years of the "Badals’ mafia rule", Captain Amarinder Singh government, which came to power four and half years ago, had left every section of the state helpless.

One of many historic structures that would, if they were in a better condition, illustrate the rich historic legacy of the Savanur Nawabs, feudatory kings of the Mughal dynasty in Delhi, has been brought back to life by the Karnataka department of archaeology, museums and heritage.

Assam Police on Friday busted an inter-state gang of sex traffickers in Kerala and rescued nine girls who were taken to Karela lured by promise of jobs and marriage and arrested two persons in this connection.

Even though the state has taken initiatives to provide smartphones to about eight lakh Class IX and X students of government schools across the state, All Assam Students Union (Aasu)'s Jorhat district unit has distributed smartphones among the needy students in Class VII to XII on Saturday.

Erratic supply of vaccines has slowed down the pace of immunisation to the extent that if the third wave were to hit the state in August, about 50% of Assam's adult population would be vulnerable as they have not been fully vaccinated.

In less than 48 hours, the Southern Railway restored the Kulashekar -Padil section of the track, which was blocked after a massive landslide on Friday. It was certified fit for movement of traffic at 7.57am on Sunday.

An 18-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped in the bushes near the Central Ordnance Depot (COD) area by a van-borne man in Babupurwa on Saturday evening.

The district administration in Shivamogga selected Tumari gram panchayat in Sagar taluk for its ‘digital GP’ initiative, and in 2018, a BSNL tower was installed in the village to bolster connectivity. However, the objective has not been accomplished, prompting residents in the villages under the Tumari GP’s jurisdiction to launch a ‘No Mobile Network, No Voting’ initiative.

Taking a leaf out of the popular telly soap, Balika Vadhu, one progressive hamlet in Kutch has been working towards empowering village women through Balika Panchayat. While the serial showcased the ills of child marriage, the panchayat is aimed at addressing female adolescents’ issues — of the girls, by the girls, for the girls!

Teachers at eight government schools in Gundlupet, Chamarajanagar district, have volunteered to launch online classes for children from poor families and tribal communities. As the schools don’t have smart classrooms or full-fledged videoconferencing facilities, teachers stand in front of the blackboard and switch on commonly available apps such as Google Meet on their mobile phones.

Mahesh Choragasti, 14, suffered from multiple ailments, including Covid pneumonia, diphtheria and complete heart block, and was in the hospital for two months. His family struggled to meet the medical expenses but, to their relief, the hospital waived charges for the second month.

The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) will shift its schedule of trains from July 19 after the change in the timings of the night curfew.

In a move that could benefit industries, Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has extended the date for the waiver of surcharge on late payments for the industrial sector. The discom has also announced relief on fixed charges paid by the industrial units for power consumption.

Residents of Sector 23 have alleged that the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) is dragging its feet in resolving a dispute over land acquired for a park in the area. Two arterial roads around the plot are closed due to litigation over the plot, which is causing inconvenience to them, residents said.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Haryana to review its monitoring mechanism on illegal mining after government officials allegedly failed to act against illegal mining in Sonipat for over three years and submitted false reports with the tribunal.

The subsidiary of Zurich International Airport AG has signed a shareholding agreement with Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL), the government’s special purpose vehicle for the airport project in Jewar. The deal was signed in the presence of chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow.

The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) is planning to build a ropeway to connect Vaishali metro station on the Blue Line with Mohan Nagar on the Red.